Provincial well being officer Dr. Bonnie Henry will supply an replace Tuesday morning at the standing of a B.C. teen inflamed with H5N1 avian influenza and the investigation into the case. The click convention will happen at 11 a.m. PT.
On. Nov. 13, the Public Well being Company of Canada showed that a youngster in B.C. Youngsters’s Health center was once inflamed with a human case of avian influenza — sometimes called chook flu — led to via influenza A(H5N1) virus in Canada.
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That is the primary regionally received human case of H5N1 avian influenza.
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Few information about the teenager’s situation had been launched since then however at the moment it was once reported that the teenager was once in critical situation.Human an infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) is uncommon and most often happens after shut touch with inflamed birds, different inflamed animals or extremely infected environments.This tale will probably be up to date with additional info following the clicking convention on Tuesday.
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